• Air date: 21 Sep '11 23 episodes
      The 13th season of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit debuted on NBC on September 21, 2011, and concluded on May 23, 2012. With Law & Order: LA and Law & Order: Criminal Intent having ended in May 2011 and June 2011 respectively, this season of Law & Order: SVU was broadcast without any other running U.S. Law & Order series. Season 13 dealt with the departure of Detective Elliot Stabler from the Special Victims Unit after a shooting in the squad room. Additionally, Warren Leight became the
  • List of Episodes (23)
    • 1. Scorched Earth

      21 Sep '11
      An African immigrant working as a maid accuses an Italian diplomat of rape, but is she really in it just for the money? Meanwhile, Stabler's return remains in doubt after his latest shooting.
    • 2. Personal Fouls

      28 Sep '11
      SVU investigates an accusation that a revered high school basketball coach sexually abused his players, but they ultimately may need the cooperation of a reluctant pro superstar to make the case.
    • 3. Blood Brothers

      05 Oct '11
      A pregnant 13 year old girl from Washington Heights claims that the son of an ambassador raped her, but the accused goes missing before SVU can question him.
    • 4. Double Strands

      12 Oct '11
      Detective Rollins believes that SVU has caught a serial rapist from one of her earlier cases in Georgia, but a passioned request after a suicide attempt leads Amaro to suspect that they may have the wrong person.
    • 5. Missing Pieces

      19 Oct '11
      Detectives search for a missing baby on Halloween after a young mother from Buffalo tells them her car was stolen while her baby was still in it.
    • 6. True Believers

      02 Nov '11
      The SVU team works together to investigate the case of a promising music student who was brutally raped at gunpoint.
    • 7. Russian Brides

      09 Nov '11
      In order to bring down a Russian mobster running an international prostitution/kidnapping ring disguised as a Russian bride website, Cragen steps from behind the desk to go undercover as a "john".
    • 8. Educated Guess

      16 Nov '11
      A patient in a mental hospital claims to have witnessed a sexual assault. However, the supposed victim is a fellow patient who has a history of making rape allegations, but she denies being assaulted this time.
    • 9. Lost Traveler

      30 Nov '11
      When a Romani boy vanishes on his way home from school, the Special Victims Unit must penetrate his insular community to find the unlikely abductors.
    • 10. Spiraling Down

      07 Dec '11
      A retired pro quarterback is busted for having sex with a 14-year-old prostitute, but he may be suffering from diminished capacity because of all the concussions he had on the field.
    • 11. Theatre Tricks

      11 Jan '12
      SVU tries to figure out who was responsible for the real-life rape of an actress during an interactive theater performance that everybody just assumed was part of the show.
    • 12. Official Story

      18 Jan '12
      Benson and Amaro must work around a resistant victim when the CEO of a military contractor is assaulted
    • 13. Father's Shadow

      08 Feb '12
      A 19-year-old creates a hostage situation after his father is accused of sexual assault, and Olivia uses her personal experience to help defuse the situation.
    • 14. Home Invasions

      15 Feb '12
      After a couple is murdered in their home and their daughter is critically injured, SVU uncovers a number of twisted family secrets, as well as detective Rollins' gambling addiction.
    • 15. Hunting Ground

      22 Feb '12
      Detectives Benson and Amaro lead the search for a serial killer who is targeting young prostitutes.
    • 16. Child's Welfare

      29 Feb '12
      Detective Benson calls on Bayard Ellis for legal help when her estranged brother, Simon Marsden gets caught in a child custody battle. Also, Detectives Tutuola and Rollins investigate why a newborn baby is abandoned near a hospital.
    • 17. Justice Denied

      11 Apr '12
      A closed rape case of Benson's is reopened because of it's similarities to a new case, and the possibility of wrongful imprisonment surfaces. As Benson's work is questioned, tension develops between her, ADA Haden and Bayard Ellis
    • 18. Valentine's Day

      18 Apr '12
      A man witnesses his wife's rape and kidnapping while video chatting with her on his way home from a business trip. The abductors seek a ransom, and the case grows more complex as detectives probe deeper
    • 19. Street Revenge

      25 Apr '12
      The task of find a serial rapist becomes more difficult when a team of neighborhood vigilante "superheroes" starts trying to avenge the crimes.
    • 20. Father Dearest

      02 May '12
      Detectives search for a missing teenage girl who vanished while looking for her biological father, an anonymous sperm donor. A puzzling prime suspect who's targeted several young women soon emerges.
    • 21. Learning Curve

      09 May '12
      As Fin tries to get justice after his gay son's fiancé is brutally beaten in a hate crime, SVU uncovers a scandal involving a teacher sexually abusing a student at a prep school.
    • 22. Strange Beauty

      16 May '12
      The investigation of the homicide of a young woman who recently had her leg amputated sends SVU into the strange culture of body modification.
    • 23. Rhodium Nights

      23 May '12
      The murder of a prostitute at a bachelor party sends SVU on a dangerous investigation that could lead all the way into the highest reaches of New York power and influence.